Yeji Sei Lee

1995, Born in Tokyo, Japan

Currently Live and work in Tokyo

Education

Apr. 2020 – Mar. 2024： M.F.A. in Fine Arts, Painting

Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan

Oct. 2021 – Jul. 2022：Dipl. in Fine Arts, Painting

Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Munich, Germany

Apr. 2016 – Mar. 2020：B.F.A. in Painting

Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan

Exhibition history

【Solo exhibition】

2024

“In vibrant hues, their voices laid”　Everyday Mooonday Gallery, Seoul

2023

“Call me by my name”　THE LOOP GALLERY, Tokyo

2021

“Geographica”　Courtyard HIROO, Tokyo

【Group exhibition】

2024

Rai-Zen-Dā　Kunsthalle Trier, Germany

Art Award Tokyo Marunouchi 2024　Gyoko-dori Underground Gallery, Tokyo

2022

Zwischen Gestern und Morgen, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany

KUMA Exhibition 2022、ANB Tokyo、Tokyo

Concept

My work stems from an interest in how identity is shaped by history, place, and the structures we navigate.

Born to Korean parents and raised in Japan, I have always been deeply aware of the complex relationship between nationality and place. How do I translate this experience and awareness into visual form? To explore this, my practice centers around the question of whether the physicality of painting can merge with my personal and cultural consciousness.